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Description:: Jean Allen was noted as "probably the tiniest licensed air pilot in the world," in "The Cameraman's Report on Late News and Features Around the World," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jun. 1930: 8.
Date:: [between 1923-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Ruth Elder stands in front of a plane with her arms outstretched like wings. There is another pilot (unidentified) that sits in the plane behind Elder.
Date:: [circa 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photo appears with article "YOUNG SCULPTRESS MODELS AVIATOR: Art Goebel's Mother to Be Given Bronze Bust," Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 1928: A3.
Date:: [circa October 20, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Actress Greta Nissan with pilot Roscoe Turner, Howard Hughes and pilot Carline Turner, beside an airplane. Nissan was cast in the film Hell's Angels, directed by Howard Hughes in 1927-1928. She left the film midway through because she spoke with a Norwegian accent and the film changed from silent film to talking.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photo appears with article "Night Flyer Essays to Bring Oceans Closer: SUN-DODGER AIR MAIL OFF First Night-Flying Transcontinental Plane Roars East, Inaugurating Service," Los Angeles Times, 02 May 1929: A17.
Date:: May 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Cliff Henderson, Director of the Municipal Airport; Bobbi Trout, pilot; and R. O. Bone, manufacturer of the Golden Eagle monoplane, pose for a photo at Mines Field, Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The photo was taken just before or after Trout beat the latest women's world endurance flight record. Reported in "TWO WOMEN SOAR ALOFT IN QUEST OF AIR RECORDS: Miss Trout Ship Drones Through Darkness," Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb 1929: A1.
Date:: February 11-12, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in "AVIATION TRUMPS BRIDGE FOR WOMEN: SHE DIDN'T WISH TO BE AIR WIDOW That's Why Mrs. Sheridan Learned Flying, and Now She Aims at Record," Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 1929: A1.
Date:: February 14, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Pilot Emil Burgin, Virginia Mills, and navigator Lewis Yancy standing in front of Burgin's Bellanca Monoplane. This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Planes Off in Ohio Race at Sunrise," Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 1928: A1.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Armless pilot Josephine Callaghan and instructor pilot Charles F. Dycer climbing onto a bi-plane at Dycer airport. On her plane is a painted sign reading "Dycer Airport Los Angeles Calif." Photo appears with the article, "Handless Woman Flies Plane: Rich Ranch Owner Performs air Loop," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1929: A10.
Date:: April 16, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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